Empire of the Czar: A Journey Through Eternal Russia Part 1 of 2

352 Pages·2001·13.17 MB·English

by  Marquis Decustine

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THE
EMPIRE OF THE CZAR
;
OK,
OBSERVATIONS
ON THE
SOCIAL, POLITICAL, AND RELIGIOUS STATE
AND PROSPECTS OF RUSSIA,
MADE DURING A JOURNEY THROUGH THAT EMPIRE.
BY
THE MARQUIS DE CUSTINE.
TRANSLATED FROM THE FRENCH.
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sonttraitesdans un paysdepend le bien etlemal qu'ils en disenten re-
tournantdansleleur."
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HistoiredeFEmpiredeRussie,parKaramsis, t.xi.p.205.
rN THREE VOLUMES.
VOL.
I.
LONDON:
PRINTED FOB
LONGMAN, BROWN, GREEN, AND LONGMANS,
PATERNOSTER-ROW.
1843.
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London
:
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TRANSLATOR'S PREFACE,
The workrecently published in Paris, ofwhich
these volumes are a translation, has appeared
in the form of letters addressed to anonymous
friends.
This form has not been preserved in the
translation, which is divided into chapters ; an
arrangement better adapted to the taste of the
English reader, and unobjectionable in other
respects, as the division of the chapters still
correspondswith that ofthe original epistles.
In making the alteration, a few very trivial
modifications in the phraseology of the text
were
necessary.
The translator has likewise ventured on
some occasions slightly to curtail the French
paragraphs. It will, however, be sufficient
to add, that no details have been abbreviated,
nor one single observation omitted, that ap-
peared likely to interest the general reader.
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